Interior collar can



INTERIOR COLLAR CAN Filed Jan. 26, 1924 I Patented Jan. 26, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 .Q'OHN r. PETERS, or nocnnsrnn, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR- 'ro mansion: can oomramr,

on NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION or NEW JEasaY W03 COLLAR GAR ap neauon filed January as, 1924. Serial No. 888,644.

My present invention relates to side tearing strip cans provided with an interior collar extending above the tearing strip to prevent spilling of the contents when the tear- 5 ing strip is removed and to provide a shoulder adapted to receive the severed cover as a slip closure after the container has been opened.

The principal object of the invention is the in provision of improved means of forming the collar band in a container of this character. In accordancewith the invention, said collar may be formed by an extremely practical and efiective mechanical operation, such as is disclosed in co-pending application of Magnus E. Widell, Serial No. 636,338, assigned to the .assignee of the present invention, said operation being very economical since no additional parts or material, other than the collar strip. itself, are employed.

Numerous other objects and advanta es of the invention will be apparent as it is tter understood from the following description, which, taken in connection with the accom- 25 panying drawings, discloses a preferred emodiment thereof.

Referring to the drawings, I

Figure 1 is an elevational view, partially broken away and shown in section, of a container in which my invention is embodied;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof with the cover removed Fig.

is an enlarged sectional view of the collar'member, taken substantially on the line 33 in Fig. 2; and v Fi 4 is a sectional view of the collar mem er,'taken substantially on the line 44 in Fig. 2.

The container asthus illustrated comprises a body 21 having permanently attached top and bottom ends 22 and 23 and being formed with the usual side seam 24. A side tearing strip 20 is set off by parallel scorelines 25 and 26 between which are diagonal score lines 27 4 adapted to direct the line of tear back tothe circumferential lines in case it should be de flected therefrom A tongue 28 is provided for engagement by a key forfremoval of the tearing strip An internal collar '29 is secured to the body collar inserted into and secured to the body beneath the tearing strip 20 by means of a bead 31 and extends above said strip to a position near the top of the container. This collar serves to prevent spilling of the contents when the container is o ened by removal. of the tearing strip and a so provides a shoulder adapted to receive the severed cover as a --temporary friction closure. 4

Referring now particularly to Figs. 2 and 3, it will be noted that the ends of the collar 29 are overlapped, as shown at 32, and are riveted together by means of integral rivets 33 formed by perforating the metal of the overlapped ends and turning the displaced metal back upon-itself, which operation may be performed by the machine disclosed in co-pending application, Serial No. 636,338, of Magnus E. Widell hereinbefore referred'to. I

With this form of connection, the ends are tightly secured together without the necessity of employing anyspecial fastening devices and the resultant circular collar is adapted to fit snugly within the container body, presenting a smooth exterior surface since the rivets 33 are formed on the inside of the collar. The mechanical operations involved are relatively simple and, therefore, the construction is economical to a high deee. It is thought that the invention and many of its attendant advantages will be understood from the fore oing description,.-and it will be apparent t at various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, or sacrificing all of its material advantages, the form hereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

I claim: I a 1. A container, comprising a body scored circumferentially to provide a side tearing strip, a top secured tosaid body, and a in close contact therewith beneath said tearing strip and extending thereabove, .said collar having its ends overlapped and perforated with the metal dis laced by perforation and forming an inwardly extending rivet securing said ends together and leaving smooth the exterior of the collar which fits against the interior of the body.

2. A collar for insertion into the body of a I tearing strip can, comprising an annular band having its ends overlapped and perforated with the metal displaced by perforation securing said ends together and disposed to form a rivet smooth on the outer surface, the overlapped ends being formed and the rivet construction being made to produce a collar with a smooth outer surface which tightly contacts the inner surface of the can and extends across the tearing strip and maintains substantially the full can height after the tearing strip has been removed 'in opening the can.

3. A can comprising a body scored circumferentially to provide a side tearing strip, a top secured to an end of said body, and means for rigidifying said body under the tearing strip to hold the strip fiat in a vertical direction and in cylindrical form so that it will not yield outward under a tearing pull except along the scores, said rigidifylng means consisting of a collar one end of which has an abutting part located in the plane and line of the other end of said collar and preventing said ends from yielding towards each other, the lower end of the collar being rounded inwardly to be forced into the end of the body with a wedging fit and the part of the collaropposite to the tearing strip bearing tightly against said strip, the said forcing in of the collar and its bearing against the strip both acting to cause tension of the metal of the body along the scores.

JOHN F. PETERS. 

